As Krishna unfolds the doctrine of non-attachment that will allow Arjuna to act according to his duty in a world of painful consequences, Arjuna realizes that Krishna is far more than merely the friend and charioteer he has supposed him to be. He asks to see Krishna in his form as a god, and Krishna gives him the vision of himself as all the universe, in its many ways and parts, standing as one in the body of the god of gods.

Arjuna begs Krishna to tell him who he is in this terrible form. Krishna replies:

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